This qualification forms part of the Qualsafe Awards (QA) Prehospital Care suite of qualifications.
This intensive 5-day hands-on course covers essential topics such as emergency oxygen administration, trauma patient management, and the treatment of major illnesses, among other vital skills.
All FREC3 courses are delivered by experienced 999 professionals, including Paramedics and Police Officers.
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This package includes:
- Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (RQF)
- Online pre-learning
- Course handouts
- Addition to our email CPD course
Ready, Set
This package includes Ready AND:
- 2 Medic polo shirts from our uniform shop
- 1 year access to our e-learning for pre-hospital care, inc. updates
- £20 voucher for your next course
Ready, Set, Go!
This package includes Ready and Ready, Set AND:
- Full uniform starter kit from our uniform shop
- Lifetime access to our e-learning for pre-hospital care, inc. updates
- CV writing online course and templates, with FREE review (worth £50!!)
- £50 voucher for your next course
Who is this course for?
This course is for people who are often the first to respond to a possible medical emergency. This encompasses Police, Firefighters, and medical staff at festivals and events. It also includes Emergency/Community First Responders, Door Supervisors, Close Protection Operatives, and Security Guards.
Individuals working in high-risk environments are also catered for. These environments include the military, power stations, agriculture, and manufacturing facilities.
Course objective
The objective of the qualification is to benefit learners by enabling them to attain the knowledge and practical competencies needed to deal with a range of prehospital emergency care situations.
What is included?
1. Online Pre-Learning
During the course, there is a lot of content to cover. We know that some prefer to have longer to process this information. Therefore, we have created an online learning course, which can be completed prior to the course. It complements the course itself, and includes things like:
- Clarification around course contents
- The human body
- Patient assessment
- Capacity and consent
- Responder equipment
The pre-course learning is available for 1 year after the date of your course.
2. Booking Call
One of the qualified trainers will get in contact to book in a call. The call includes:
- Ensuring you have full access to the online pre-learning
- Explaining travel options, if you’re unsure
- Answering any questions about the course, it’s content, or relevant topics
3. Course Pack
On the first day, you will receive a course pack, with everything you need.
- Pen
- Notepad
- Relevant handouts
Assessment and certification
Assessment
- 6 x Practical Assessments
- 3 x Multi-Choice Theory Tests
- 1 x Anatomy and Physiology Test
Certification
- Around 10 working days after the end of the course, successful learners will receive their certificate via email. It will be a downloadable PDF.
- The certification is Qualsafe Level 3 Award in First Response Emergency Care (RQF)
Awarding Organisation
- Qualsafe Awards
Course contents
Roles and responsibilities of prehospital care providers:
- Casualty assessment
- Airway management
- FREC provider role
- Universal precautions
- Emergency care equipment
- Patient/Treatment documentation
- Consent
Incident assessment and control:
- Dynamic risk assessment
- Initial management of the scene
Casualty assessment:
- Primary Survey
ABC - Levels of consciousness
- Secondary Survey
- ABCDE approach
Catastrophic bleeding:
- Direct/Indirect Pressure
- Trauma dressing
- Tourniquet use
- Haemostatic agent/dressing
Airway management:
- Airway anatomy
- Airway management methodologies
- Dynamic Airway assessment
- Head tilt-chin-lift
- Jaw thrust
- Postural drainage
- Altered Airway anatomy management
- Oro-pharyngeal airway
- Naso-pharyngeal airway
- Manual suction device
- Choking
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Adult CPR
- Child CPR
- Infant CPR
- CPR adaptions
- Casualty handover
- Automated External Defibrillation
- When resuscitation should not be attempted
Medical gases:
- Emergency Oxygen
Trauma:
- Universal precautions/Infection control
- Medical Shock
- External bleeding
- Embedded object
- Internal bleeding
- Minor injuries
- Eye injuries
- Burns
- Poisons
Trauma (Muscular-Skeletal):
- Head injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Helmet removal
- Cervical collar
- Pelvic immobilisation
- Fractures
- Sprains & Strains
- Dislocations
- Crush injuries
- Manual in-line stabilisation
Trauma (thoracic):
- Closed chest injuries
- Open chest injury
- Positional asphyxia
Medical conditions:
- Anaphylaxis
- Adrenaline Auto-injector
- Asthma
- Spacer device with reliever inhaler
- Hyperventilation
- Heart Attack
- Angina
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Seizures
- Meningitis
Environmental:
- Hypothermia
- Hyperthermia
- Sun stroke
- Dehydration
- Exhaustion
- Food poisoning
The human body:
- Hypoxia
- Respiratory system
- Circulatory system
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Rugby, UK
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